Improvement in holdbacks and trace-fastenings for vehicles



H. W. 'GATLIN.

Hold-Back.

Patented July 19, 1864.

proved Holdback and Trace-Fastening for NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

H. W. OATLIN, OF BURLINGTON, VERMONT.

IMPROVEMENT. IN HOLDBACKS Al\'D TRACE-FASTENINGS FOR VEHICLES.

S1 rciiiration funzirg pail of lctttis Patent No. 43,510. data July 19,15(4.

To all tell-0m at may concern Be it known that I, H. W. OATLIN, of Burlngton, in the county of Ohittenden and State of Vermont, have invented anew and Im- WVheel-Vehicles; and 1 do hereby declare that thefollowingis a full, clear, and exact descrip-' tion thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in Which Figure 1 represents a side view of my in ventionFig. 2, a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved holdback andtrace-fastening for wheel-vehicles.

The object of the invention is to obtain a} device for the purposespecified which will admit of the holdback-strap being fitted to anddisconnected from without the necessity r of unbuckling the strap, andwhen used as a i trace-fastening will, in the event of the trace at oneside or the end of the whiffletree be- 1 coming casually detached, admitof the trace at the opposite end disengaging itself.

The invention consists in the employment or use ofa fixed hook, andpivoted or swinging eye, as hereinafter fully set forth. t

A represents a hook, over which the hold- 5 back strap or trace isfitted or placed. This l hook projects from a base-plate, B, which maybe cast with the hook in the same piece; and U i is a lug or ear, inwhich one end of a curved or semicircular bar, D, is secured by a pivot,

a. The opposite end of the barD is made in the form of an eye, I), andthe, bar D is curved in such a manner that when the bar is pressed downtowards the base-plate B the eye b will be in front of the hook A, asshown clearly in Fig. 1. The base-plate B is secured to the shafts, oneto each, when the device is used as a holdback, and secured to thewhifiletree, one to each end,when it is used as a tracefastening. Theholdback strap or trace E is passed through the eye I), and fitted onthe book A, as shown clearly in Fig. 1.

From the above description it will be seen that in order to detach thestrap or trace from the hook all that is required is simply to raise thebarD, as shown in red in Fig. 1, and

' the eye b will draw the strap or trace ofi' the hook A.

When the device is applied to a whiffletree, in case one of the tracesbecomes casually detached, the other will in consequence of the swin ging around of the whifiietree disengage itself.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1 The fixed orrigid hook A, in combination with the swinging or pivoted eye 1),arranged to operate in the manner substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

H. W. (JATL'IN.

Witnesses:

J. P. HALL, M M. LIVINGSTON.

